Reasons to breastfeed your baby

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Breastfeeding your baby is the best decision you can make about feeding your child. Breastfeeding brings many benefits in the short and long term , both for the child and for the mother.

Breast milk provides all the vitamins and nutrients that the baby needs in the first six months of life . It contains substances that protect the baby from infections and viruses. Breastfeeding is the continuation of the natural process of reproduction after childbirth.

Breastfeeding the baby helps the mother recover after delivery. Also, it reduces the risk of post-partum depression , in addition to serving as economic and time savings.

Reasons to give it to your baby

Benefits for the mother:
  • Suction stimulates the production of hormones that contract the uterus and help eliminate lochia (remnants of blood and placenta left after delivery).
  • Breastfeeding helps increase levels of oxytocin , a hormone that accelerates the recovery of the mother’s womb. This hormone returns its shape and size, ruling out possible hemorrhages and post-partum infections.
  • Similarly, oxytocin promotes relaxation and feelings of care and protection. Elevated levels of this hormone make the mother less likely to suffer from postpartum depression . In addition, it helps to establish maternal attachment to the baby.
  • Breastfeeding for at least 1 year suppresses the amount of estrogen produced by the body. Changes the structure of breast tissue, which decreases the chances of having, in the future, breast and ovarian cancer.
    Breastfeeding consumes between 450 and 500 calories a day, which helps the mother to regain pre-pregnancy weight.
  • It has beneficial effects on the maternal cardiovascular system , since it acts on risk factors, such as: lipid levels, obesity, blood pressure, insulin and glucose level.
  • Breastfeeding reduces the possibility of suffering osteoporosis in the future.
  • The saving of time, money and work is considerable because breast milk is free, always ready and available.
  • Nor does it require preparation or special containers. It is always at the ideal temperature and the baby decides the amount he needs.
  • The ability to physically and emotionally satisfy the baby increases the self-confidence of many mothers.
Benefits for the baby:
  • Breastfeeding for at least six months (not including solid foods, formula or water) offers the greatest and best protection to the baby. It makes stomach viruses, respiratory diseases, ear infections and meningitis less frequent.
  • Breast milk is the most complete food for a newborn . It assures an optimal psychological, nutritional, hormonal and immunological development. In addition, it has the right temperature and digests more easily than any other milk or food.
  • Babies fed breast milk suffer less from food allergies , environmental factors and skin conditions compared to babies who are fed formula milk, which contains cow or soy milk as the main ingredient.
  • It reduces the risk of being overweight when they become teenagers or adults, since they control their appetites better, they eat until they feel satisfied.
  • The correct suction and swallowing of breast milk favors the correct development of the jaw, teeth and speech .
  • The variety of flavors that the baby receives in breast milk , which depends on the mother’s diet, prepares it better to accept the different flavors of solid food.
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